Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ABOVE: Sarah Ellen Julius and Nancy Crow are two of these busy people in Miss Zola Beasleyhs' Typing II class. COMMERCE FACULTY: Standing -Fred L. Rouch, Hiram Hensel, Miss Trella M. Wood, head of Commerce Departmentg Kenneth G. Peterman, Arthur G. Shull. Seated-Miss Zola Beasley, Miss Mary Wilhite, Miss Bertha Mallory, Miss Dorothy Dipple, Miss Florence Griepenstroh. BELOW: Miss Mary Wakita dictates to her Shorthand I class. PAGE 14 H Y7YYV 0l'l'lWl6'ZCe Future stenographers, typists, and book-keepers are among the 1,000 students being trained in the Commerce Department this semes- ter. Shorthand, Typing, Junior Busi- ness Arithmetic, Machine Calcula- tion, Business Law, and Retail Problems are the courses being taught by members of the depart- ment. Commerce students learn how to handle the problems and meet the everyday requirements of the business world. Arthur G. Shull, Shortridge treasurer, is head of the business oiice at the rear of the bookstore, which acts as a clearing house for school funds.

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ABOVE: Miss Mona Jane Wilson supervises a chemistry emperirnent. cience Work in Science classes is conducted to beneiit students who plan to be engineers, doctors, and dentists. In Electronics, spe- cial emphasis is placed on the theory of the atom and applications of electronics in com- munication and industrial fields. Navigation courses benefit students who plan to acquire a pilot's license. Chemistry III students may receive laboratory jobs if interested. Live specimens will be kept in the proposed new botanical laboratory. The cultivation of or- chids and a browsing library have become a part of the Biology Department. SCIENCE FACULTY: Standing - Howard Wright, Donald Klopp, Robt. Grubbs, Robert J. Shultz, William Johnson, H. H. Siemers, Les- ter Groth, Walter C. Geisler. Seated H- Frank B. Wade, head of chemistry depart- ment, Miss Mildred Camp- bell, Miss Mabel Washburn, Mrs. Henrietta Parker, Miss Leda Hughes, Miss Elizabeth Rawls, Mrs. Jean Prettyman, Mrs. Kate R. Steichmann, Miss Mona Jane Wilson, Ro- bert Black, head of Biology- Physiography Department. A B O V E: Mrs. Henrietta Parker points out the intri- cacies of a carrot. X N JMX. x U P P E R RIGHT: Physics problems hold no fears for Marion Obermeyer. 'sf' J., 5 PAGE 13

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Jef Did you recognize your best girl friend's portrait in the Selleck Art Gallery? And did you see the Vaudeville programs, Christmas Echo covers, the Annual layouts, color wheels, and action poses? The floor plans from the mechani- cal drawing classes? These are all a part of the Art Department, now under the guidance of Charles Yeager. Returned veteran Francis How- ard was with the department for the fall semester. Miss Jane Mes- -sick sponsored the Croquis Club and the Annual art staff, and Miss Essie Long sponsored the Christ- mas Echo art staff. ABOVE: Marjorie Reed poses 'for Miss Jane Messiok's figure drawing class. ART FACULTY: Theodore Van Voorhees, Gordon O. Johnson, Orrin D. Thundere, Miss Jane Messick, Miss Essie Long, Francis Howard. Charles Yeager is acting head of the depart- ment. BELOW: Gordon J ohnson's Arts and Crafts class is tool- ing leather. PAGE 15